Three senior Whitehall officials recently claimed the Government is willing to break the deadlock in negotiations by offering a take it or leave it deal, but Mr Redwood is adamant that this will not be necessary.

Writing in the i, the MP for Wokingham added: “Some say we need to make a payment to get the EU to talk about trade. I see no need to do that.

“They will want to talk about trade, given the impact WTO [World Trade Organisation] rules and tariffs could have on their exports.

“They will need to explain to the farmers and carmakers of the EU if they fail to engage early enough on these matters and end up with WTO rules and tariffs as these are worse than the current arrangements in those sectors.”

During the referendum campaign Vote Leave claimed the EU was costing the UK £350million every week which could be money spent on the NHS, and Mr Redwood said the public is looking forward to the Government spending the savings.

He added: “No one can doubt that taking back control of our money was an important part of the Leave campaign.

“People look forward to being able to spend our money on our own priorities. Most in the UK agree we should spend more on the NHS and social care.